diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/i18n.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/i18n.coffee
index 6183be418..a754c0ade 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/i18n.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/i18n.coffee
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ class _i18nSingleton extends Spine.Module
 
     # apply inline markup
     translated
-      .replace(/\*(.+?)\*/gm, '<b>$1</b>')
+      .replace(/\|\|(.+?)\|\|/gm, '<i>$1</i>')
+      .replace(/\|(.+?)\|/gm, '<b>$1</b>')
       .replace(/_(.+?)_/gm, '<u>$1</u>')
       .replace(/§(.+?)§/gm, '<kbd>$1</kbd>')
 
diff --git a/public/assets/tests/core.js b/public/assets/tests/core.js
index a42c514a6..110f66947 100644
--- a/public/assets/tests/core.js
+++ b/public/assets/tests/core.js
@@ -274,9 +274,12 @@ test( "i18n", function() {
   translated = App.i18n.translateContent('%s %s test', 123, 'xxx');
   equal( translated, '123 xxx test', 'de-de - %s %s' );
 
-  translated = App.i18n.translateContent('*%s* %s test', 123, 'xxx');
+  translated = App.i18n.translateContent('|%s| %s test', 123, 'xxx');
   equal( translated, '<b>123</b> xxx test', 'de-de - *%s* %s' );
 
+  translated = App.i18n.translateContent('||%s|| %s test', 123, 'xxx');
+  equal( translated, '<i>123</i> xxx test', 'de-de - *%s* %s' );
+
   translated = App.i18n.translateContent('_%s_ %s test', 123, 'xxx');
   equal( translated, '<u>123</u> xxx test', 'de-de - _%s_ %s' );
 
@@ -311,9 +314,12 @@ test( "i18n", function() {
   translated = App.i18n.translateContent('%s %s test', 123, 'xxx');
   equal( translated, '123 xxx test', 'en-us - %s %s' );
 
-  translated = App.i18n.translateContent('*%s* %s test', 123, 'xxx');
+  translated = App.i18n.translateContent('|%s| %s test', 123, 'xxx');
   equal( translated, '<b>123</b> xxx test', 'en-us - *%s* %s' );
 
+  translated = App.i18n.translateContent('||%s|| %s test', 123, 'xxx');
+  equal( translated, '<i>123</i> xxx test', 'en-us - *%s* %s' );
+
   translated = App.i18n.translateContent('_%s_ %s test', 123, 'xxx');
   equal( translated, '<u>123</u> xxx test', 'en-us - _%s_ %s' );